2018 California gubernatorial election facts for kids
Gavin Newsom won the election.
The 2018 California gubernatorial election took place on 6 November 2018, and elected the next Governor of California. The incumbent governor, Jerry Brown, could not run in the election due to term limits.
Gavin Newsom easily won the election. Newsom's victory was the largest victory in a gubernatorial election in California since 1950.
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Primary election
The top-two candidates moved on to the general election. The primary election occurred on 5 June 2018.
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Choice | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 2,266,406 | 33.57% | |
| Republican | John H. Cox | 1,722,899 | 25.52% | |
| Democratic | Antonio Villaraigosa | 896,556 | 13.28% | |
| Republican | Travis Allen | 640,594 | 9.49% | |
| Democratic | John Chiang | 640,128 | 9.48% | |
| Democratic | Delaine Eastin | 225,165 | 3.34% | |
| Democratic | Amanda Renteria | 89,960 | 1.33% | |
| Republican | Robert C. Newman II | 43,261 | 0.64% | |
| Democratic | Michael Shellenberger | 30,156 | 0.45% | |
| Republican | Peter Y. Liu | 26,243 | 0.39% | |
| Republican | Yvonne Girard | 21,081 | 0.31% | |
| Others | 147,859 | 2.19% | ||
| Total votes | 6,750,308 | 100% | ||
Results by county
Red represents counties won by Cox. Blue represents counties won by Newsom. Yellow represents counties won by Villaraigosa.
| County | Newsom% | Cox% | Villaraigosa% | Allen% | Chiang% | Others % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 53.5% | 10.6% | 10.0% | 4.4% | 9.6% | 11.9% |
| Alpine | 38.5% | 24.1% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| Amador | 21.5% | 41.8% | 5.8% | 15.1% | 8.0% | 7.8% |
| Butte | 25.6% | 34.4% | 5.5% | 14.5% | 6.1% | 13.9% |
| Calaveras | 23.3% | 38.2% | 5.3% | 18.1% | 6.6% | 8.5% |
| Colusa | 13.0% | 43.3% | 16.0% | 16.3% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Contra Costa | 49.9% | 19.7% | 8.7% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.4% |
| Del Norte | 23.4% | 27.0% | 3.5% | 24.8% | 7.7% | 13.6% |
| El Dorado | 24.5% | 40.7% | 5.8% | 13.9% | 8.1% | 7.0% |
| Fresno | 16.8% | 33.7% | 20.2% | 14.3% | 7.6% | 7.4% |
| Glenn | 12.4% | 48.1% | 7.9% | 18.2% | 3.3% | 10.1% |
| Humboldt | 37.9% | 22.3% | 5.0% | 9.6% | 6.4% | 18.8% |
| Imperial | 11.8% | 22.7% | 31.2% | 9.8% | 7.9% | 16.6% |
| Inyo | 22.6% | 30.7% | 8.6% | 15.9% | 8.7% | 13.5% |
| Kern | 12.1% | 40.6% | 13.9% | 19.9% | 5.4% | 8.1% |
| Kings | 9.4% | 36.7% | 17.0% | 23.8% | 6.7% | 6.4% |
| Lake | 37.5% | 28.4% | 6.6% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 10.5% |
| Lassen | 13.1% | 41.7% | 2.1% | 26.8% | 6.6% | 9.7% |
| Los Angeles | 32.7% | 19.6% | 21.7% | 5.8% | 13.2% | 7.0% |
| Madera | 12.8% | 40.2% | 15.7% | 18.9% | 5.2% | 7.2% |
| Marin | 64.1% | 12.5% | 8.2% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| Mariposa | 19.1% | 34.9% | 8.2% | 23.4% | 6.3% | 8.1% |
| Mendocino | 45.2% | 17.9% | 7.8% | 9.1% | 5.1% | 14.9% |
| Merced | 18.3% | 30.0% | 17.6% | 16.0% | 7.3% | 10.8% |
| Modoc | 11.5% | 51.2% | 2.8% | 17.3% | 3.1% | 14.1% |
| Mono | 31.6% | 26.1% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 5.0% | 13.1% |
| Monterey | 37.8% | 19.8% | 16.8% | 9.4% | 6.6% | 9.6% |
| Napa | 46.1% | 19.4% | 10.0% | 9.7% | 5.5% | 9.3% |
| Nevada | 34.1% | 25.7% | 5.9% | 17.4% | 7.0% | 9.9% |
| Orange | 24.3% | 36.3% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 9.0% | 7.5% |
| Placer | 25.7% | 40.2% | 5.8% | 13.1% | 9.0% | 6.2% |
| Plumas | 26.9% | 38.5% | 3.8% | 15.5% | 5.7% | 9.6% |
| Riverside | 22.3% | 34.4% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| Sacramento | 29.7% | 26.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 14.5% | 8.7% |
| San Benito | 33.6% | 23.4% | 13.3% | 16.0% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| San Bernardino | 19.7% | 33.9% | 15.2% | 14.7% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| San Diego | 30.5% | 32.6% | 10.4% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 9.2% |
| San Francisco | 57.5% | 6.6% | 9.1% | 2.2% | 8.9% | 15.7% |
| San Joaquin | 26.3% | 31.4% | 11.1% | 13.6% | 9.3% | 8.3% |
| San Luis Obispo | 33.2% | 29.4% | 6.8% | 14.6% | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| San Mateo | 55.0% | 13.9% | 10.4% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 8.5% |
| Santa Barbara | 33.8% | 26.2% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 6.8% | 9.4% |
| Santa Clara | 48.5% | 13.9% | 10.9% | 8.3% | 7.7% | 10.7% |
| Santa Cruz | 52.4% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 12.8% |
| Shasta | 16.9% | 44.3% | 3.9% | 19.9% | 4.5% | 10.5% |
| Sierra | 22.9% | 35.1% | 3.7% | 17.6% | 7.1% | 13.6% |
| Siskiyou | 23.3% | 34.5% | 3.4% | 18.5% | 5.0% | 15.3% |
| Solano | 41.6% | 23.3% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 6.9% | 8.0% |
| Sonoma | 54.6% | 16.4% | 8.9% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 9.7% |
| Stanislaus | 23.2% | 31.6% | 12.3% | 16.3% | 7.3% | 9.3% |
| Sutter | 16.4% | 40.0% | 8.3% | 17.4% | 8.2% | 9.7% |
| Tehama | 13.2% | 45.4% | 4.5% | 21.6% | 4.7% | 10.6% |
| Trinity | 23.6% | 31.4% | 4.7% | 17.9% | 5.4% | 17.0% |
| Tulare | 13.9% | 36.5% | 16.4% | 20.4% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Tuolumne | 26.8% | 37.6% | 5.7% | 15.8% | 5.6% | 8.5% |
| Ventura | 26.7% | 32.6% | 13.4% | 9.1% | 11.0% | 7.2% |
| Yolo | 31.6% | 19.9% | 13.7% | 7.0% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| Yuba | 16.3% | 39.6% | 7.6% | 21.1% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Totals | 33.6% | 25.5% | 13.3% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 8.6% |
Polling
General election
| Poll source | Date(s) given | Sample size |
Margin of error |
Gavin Newsom (D) |
John Cox (R) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probolsky Research (R) | August 29 – September 2, 2018 | 900 | ± 5.8% | 44% | 39% | 17% |
| Public Policy Institute of California | July 8–17, 2018 | 1,020 | ± 4.3% | 55% | 31% | 9% |
| SurveyUSA | June 26–27, 2018 | 559 | ± 5.9% | 58% | 29% | 13% |
| USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times | June 6–17, 2018 | 767 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 28% | 27% |
| J. Wallin Opinion Research/Tulchin Research | March 30 – April 4, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.7% | 42% | 32% | 26% |
| SmithJohnson Research (R-Cox) | March 2018 | 496 | – | 45% | 45% | – |
General election
The general election took place on 6 November 2018.
| General election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Choice | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Gavin Newsom | 7,721,410 | 61.9% | |
| Republican | John H. Cox | 4,742,825 | 38.1% | |
| Total votes | 12,464,235 | 100.0% | ||
Results by county
Here are the results of the election by county.
| Gavin Newsom
Democratic |
John Cox
Republican |
Total Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # |
| Alameda | 462,558 | 80.6% | 111,677 | 19.4% | 574,235 |
| Alpine | 386 | 62.8% | 229 | 37.2% | 615 |
| Amador | 6,237 | 35.5% | 11,356 | 64.5% | 17,593 |
| Butte | 41,500 | 46.8% | 47,226 | 53.2% | 88,726 |
| Calaveras | 7,765 | 35.9% | 13,845 | 64.1% | 21,610 |
| Colusa | 1,999 | 34.7% | 3,764 | 65.3% | 5,763 |
| Contra Costa | 283,805 | 68.2% | 132,345 | 31.8% | 416,150 |
| Del Norte | 3,441 | 41.3% | 4,887 | 58.7% | 8,328 |
| El Dorado | 36,297 | 40.6% | 53,140 | 59.4% | 89,437 |
| Fresno | 124,332 | 49.1% | 128,974 | 50.9% | 253,306 |
| Glenn | 2,424 | 29.1% | 5,908 | 70.9% | 8,332 |
| Humboldt | 33,455 | 64.5% | 18,418 | 35.5% | 51,873 |
| Imperial | 20,573 | 61.7% | 12,785 | 38.3% | 33,358 |
| Inyo | 3,244 | 44.7% | 4,018 | 55.3% | 7,262 |
| Kern | 83,507 | 41.1% | 119,870 | 58.9% | 203,377 |
| Kings | 12,275 | 40.6% | 17,976 | 59.4% | 30,251 |
| Lake | 10,869 | 51.4% | 10,280 | 48.6% | 21,149 |
| Lassen | 2,043 | 22.7% | 6,973 | 77.3% | 9,016 |
| Los Angeles | 2,114,699 | 71.9% | 826,402 | 28.1% | 2,941,101 |
| Madera | 15,037 | 39.0% | 23,488 | 61.0% | 38,525 |
| Marin | 103,671 | 79.5% | 26,750 | 20.5% | 130,421 |
| Mariposa | 3,183 | 38.7% | 5,043 | 61.3% | 8,226 |
| Mendocino | 22,152 | 66.3% | 11,255 | 33.7% | 33,407 |
| Merced | 30,783 | 52.0% | 28,424 | 48.0% | 59,207 |
| Modoc | 820 | 23.8% | 2,628 | 76.2% | 3,448 |
| Mono | 2,706 | 55.8% | 2,147 | 44.2% | 4,853 |
| Monterey | 76,648 | 66.0% | 39,516 | 34.0% | 116,164 |
| Napa | 36,513 | 64.8% | 19,834 | 35.2% | 56,347 |
| Nevada | 27,985 | 52.9% | 24,882 | 47.1% | 52,867 |
| Orange | 543,047 | 50.1% | 539,951 | 49.9% | 1,082,998 |
| Placer | 72,270 | 41.2% | 103,157 | 58.8% | 175,427 |
| Plumas | 3,433 | 37.2% | 5,807 | 62.8% | 9,240 |
| Riverside | 319,845 | 49.8% | 322,243 | 50.2% | 642,088 |
| Sacramento | 302,696 | 58.8% | 212,010 | 41.2% | 514,706 |
| San Benito | 11,274 | 56.1% | 8,815 | 43.9% | 20,089 |
| San Bernardino | 276,874 | 51.5% | 260,379 | 48.5% | 537,253 |
| San Diego | 658,346 | 56.9% | 499,532 | 43.1% | 1,157,878 |
| San Francisco | 312,181 | 86.4% | 49,181 | 13.6% | 361,362 |
| San Joaquin | 101,474 | 52.2% | 92,966 | 47.8% | 194,440 |
| San Luis Obispo | 65,117 | 51.6% | 61,137 | 48.4% | 126,254 |
| San Mateo | 213,282 | 75.2% | 70,242 | 24.8% | 283,524 |
| Santa Barbara | 93,841 | 60.5% | 61,300 | 39.5% | 155,141 |
| Santa Clara | 438,758 | 71.4% | 175,791 | 28.6% | 614,549 |
| Santa Cruz | 91,523 | 76.8% | 27,665 | 23.2% | 119,188 |
| Shasta | 20,256 | 28.9% | 49,825 | 71.1% | 70,081 |
| Sierra | 599 | 35.9% | 1,068 | 64.1% | 1,667 |
| Siskiyou | 7,218 | 39.7% | 10,946 | 60.3% | 18,164 |
| Solano | 89,694 | 61.3% | 56,627 | 38.7% | 146,321 |
| Sonoma | 152,040 | 72.3% | 58,338 | 27.7% | 210,378 |
| Stanislaus | 77,220 | 49.2% | 79,751 | 50.8% | 156,971 |
| Sutter | 11,122 | 37.0% | 18,935 | 63.0% | 30,057 |
| Tehama | 5,756 | 27.5% | 15,137 | 72.5% | 20,893 |
| Trinity | 2,250 | 42.3% | 3,075 | 57.7% | 5,325 |
| Tulare | 42,702 | 42.8% | 57,012 | 57.2% | 99,714 |
| Tuolumne | 9,294 | 38.9% | 14,580 | 61.1% | 23,874 |
| Ventura | 171,729 | 55.6% | 137,393 | 44.4% | 309,122 |
| Yolo | 49,759 | 67.8% | 23,611 | 32.2% | 73,370 |
| Yuba | 6,903 | 36.0% | 12,293 | 64.0% | 19,196 |
| Totals | 7,721,410 | 61.9% | 4,742,825 | 38.1% | 12,464,235 |
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones para gobernador de California de 2018 para niños
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